I'm not surprised to see this. The fact that it was Robert Johnson and Lanny Davis making the public pitch made it pretty clear that Clinton was not interested in mounting a public campaign for the veep slot at this time (what she's communicating privately to Obama I don't know.) If you were really trying to get the position, you'd choose a surrogate widely respected by Obama supporters -- not one guy who brought up Obama's brief youthful drug use on the stump and another who's a walking-punchline hack. --Scott Lemieux
